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BIRD LIFE IN WASHINGTON 
spotted with white, help us to know him. 
He wears a scarlet ribbon across his 
crown. He is one of the smallest of our 
woodpeckers. 
Harris Woodpecker looks very much 
like little Gairdner except that he is 
larger. Little Gairdner is usually found 
near Ioav ground. Harris Woodpecker 
lo\ r es the hillsides. 
Cabanis Woodpecker is a rare comer. 
He looks like Harris Woodpecker except 
that his breast is a clear white and not 
a smoky white. 
NORTHERN PILEATED 
WOODPECKER 
This large, black, long necked bird is a 
striking object in the open places of the 
deep woodland. 
We might almost imagine it to be “the 
woman with the red cap,” which the fairy 
changed to a bird. 
The sides of Woodpecker’s head and 
neck are white and he wears a bright red 
comb. His dress is black. 
When he tears to pieces. an unsound 
tree or stub, he can make a noise very 
much like that made by a strong man 
hammering. We may hear him a long 
distance away. His colors are so bright 
that he is easily located. He searches so 
earnestly for insects, and he hammers so 
